Story of the New Nordie Diet - Q&A

"The NOMA concept is about grasping nature at its best."

That's how Claus Meyer started answering the first question from the audience, "will there be a NOMA in San Francisco?" While saying that he puts his hands together, as if scooping up a ball of soil, or a big, juicy watermelon, his passion for food and nature and conviction in his Neuvo Nordic principles clearly visible.

Claus Meyer is a gourmet chef, TV cooking show celebrity and restaurateur in Denmark, whose NOMA Restaurant was awarded as the World's Best by Restaurant Magazine this year. Meyer shares the stage with Prof. Arne Astrup, a devoted nutritionist from the University of Copenhagen.

The main episodes of this video series appear in our Health & Medicine column. They tell the story of how the two Danes, who started from nearly opposite motivations, were destined to connect with each other and join forces to create the New Nordic Cuisine that is both healthy and delicious. The video was recorded during the "Future of Health Innovation - Bridging Danish and US Innovation in Healthcare" conference.

I decided to share a piece of the series in this channel, because the NOMA concept attempts to reconcile not only our palate and our general health, but also human food consumption and nature, very much in alignment with the sustainable food and agricultural movement we have been covering.

It brought back childhood memories when Claus talked about "digging a hole for winter vegetables". I still vaguely remember how my parents and our neighbors used to preserve cabbages and turnips in late autumn, and store them in big jars in those "holes" in the ground, to prepare for the long Manchurian winter.

I don't miss those winters, but I would certainly opt for preserved cabbage over the "s---" that Claus politely referred to anytime.

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